Re: Painting a backdrop

Jack wrote:

Ok, I realize I am not able to do things properly.. so bear with me as
I try to come up with the best way to work with what I do have.

I do not have a sizing deck or anything like that.. I will be painting
on a gym floor with tarps down. With that in minda, should I then
run the muslin through a wash cycle just to try to shrink it before
the wet paint causes it to "pucker"

No. Water alone won't cause muslin to pucker or shrink as long as it's pure
cotton or a cotton/polyester blend. Heat or hot water or a conbination of
the two will. If you aren't planning to wash the finished drop in hot
water, or dry it in a dryer, there's no need to preshrink it.

If, however, it's a cotton/rayon blend then getting it wet in any degree
may cause the rayon threads to shrink. The problem is that the rayon will
shrink a tiny bit more every time it gets wet, no matter how often you wash
it.

The paint job will come out better if you can somehow figure out a way to
stretch the fabric as you size and paint it, but I'm afraid that I have no
suggestions for that.
.

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